Extended Sets Final XTEN Airdrop Rate as Xpoints Program Ends
The exchange also awarded Xpoints to 97 Discord Tester-role holders for early testing, feedback and platform use.
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Greek Parliament Approves 10% Tax on Crypto Gains
The framework exempts annual net gains of up to €500 and is scheduled to apply from January 2027.
Solana Labs’ Leap Opens iPhone Beta for Tokenized Stocks and Crypto
Trades route through Jupiter, while tokenized securities are unavailable to US persons and users in several other major markets.
Anza Urges Solana Validators to Upgrade Agave Before Epoch 1079
Agave 4.4.1 changes how loader-v3 program data counts toward transaction limits, ahead of a planned Nov. 6 cutoff for unpatched nodes.
EEZ Launches Rollup X With Swaps Filled by Mainnet Liquidity
The Ethereum Economic Zone ran three demonstrations at Devcon in Mumbai. Rollup X is a devnet whose batches are attested by a designated signer rather than proven.
SEC Crypto Broker Rule Enters White House Review
The planned amendments cover capital requirements, customer-asset safeguards and recordkeeping for broker-dealers handling crypto assets.
Crypto Clearing vs. Settlement: What Happens After a Trade?
Netting offsets obligations, while collateral backs performance. Neither is the same as completing payment and delivery.
Floki Takes Trading Bot Offline Amid Exploit Investigation
The team plans to move affected users to new wallets and warns against further deposits into bot wallets.
Aave Schedules Vote on Babylon Native Bitcoin Collateral for V4
LlamaRisk has proposed a 300 BTC collateral cap, but activating the market would still require a separate onchain governance vote.
Bitcoin Slides Below $77,000 as Ether Sinks 7%
Total crypto market value fell 6.8% over 24 hours, while bitcoin gave back much of Wednesday’s post-election rebound.
SoFi Says Crypto Vendor Issue Is Delaying Deposits and Withdrawals
The bank says incoming transfers are awaiting review and outgoing transfers will be processed after review, while assuring customers their funds are secure.
Groma Launches Real Estate Issuance and Redemption on Uniswap
The GRO/USDC pool on Base uses net asset value pricing, with wallet eligibility enforced by Uniswap v4’s Permissioned Pools Hook.
Zcash Nears NU7 Upgrade and Sprout Spending Cutoff
About 12,224 ZEC remained in the legacy shielded pool ahead of the cutoff. NU7 will also reduce target block spacing from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.
Anchorage Digital Applies for CFTC Swap Dealer Registration
The firm says its US-client options business has crossed the $8 billion threshold for an exemption from swap dealer registration.
Canary’s Staked INJ ETF Begins Trading on Nasdaq
The fund expects to retain 70% of staking rewards before its separate 1.10% annual sponsor fee and other expenses.
Lido Adds Firelight Loss Protection to Earn Vaults
First-period Firelight limits are about $12.1 million for EarnETH and $4 million for EarnUSD, ahead of the DAO’s existing share-burn buffer.
Binance Asks ArbitrumDAO to Release Frozen ETH and ARB
The draft would let recovered assets replenish reserves used to cover customer losses. Binance expects the governance process to take seven weeks or longer.
How Fed Interest Rates Affect Crypto
Bitcoin can move before a rate decision as expectations shift. The surprise and the Fed’s message about future policy can matter more than the cut or hike itself.
Selling Tokenized Stocks After Hours: What Determines the Price
Some token venues offer weekend trading, but selling an existing token and redeeming it with its issuer run on separate schedules.
Polygon Draft Would Give Labs a New Route to Upgrade Contracts
PIP-93 would consolidate upgrade powers under an 8-of-11 Security Council, with a seven-day delay for Polygon Labs proposals.
Thailand Sets Dec. 5 Bitget Block As Local Exchange Deal Awaits Approval
Seller GMO Internet has pushed the planned share transfer to Nov. 30 while it works through Thai regulatory procedures.
Paraguay USDT Offers Show 13% Premium After Ueno Closure
Bybit listings show a sharp gap between buying and selling USDT, while Paraguay’s central bank prepares deposit-guarantee payments for Ueno savers.
Binance Revokes SignalPlus API Keys After Security Warning
The exchange told SignalPlus users to review positions and open orders directly on Binance and wait for confirmation of a full resolution before reconnecting.
France’s Budget Rejection Shelves Stablecoin Tax and Wallet Reporting
The Assembly voted 458–0 against the revenue section. The crypto measures could return through amendments in the Senate, whose budget debate is scheduled to begin Nov. 20.
OKX–ICE Stock Venue’s Issuer Objections Reach 62
Boeing and ServiceNow’s objections leave eight of the venture’s 63 originally proposed symbols without a disclosed opt-out.
Trump Media-Linked Wallets Send 4,259 BTC to Crypto.com
The movement equals about 30% of the bitcoin treasury disclosed for July 31. Arkham labels both sending wallets as convertible-note collateral.
Pendle Volume Hits $221.5 Million, a 30-Day High
Ethereum accounted for nearly all the trading, while reported locked value stayed near $1.03 billion through the day's latest snapshot.
Mercado Bitcoin Plans View-Only Reopening on Nov. 9 After Hack
The exchange says it will use company funds to replace affected assets, while withdrawals and trading await security clearance.
TSV Begins Tokenized CNTN Trades Under SEC Innovation Exemption
Tradecraft's public feed recorded $30,296 in purchases, while Fairmint maintains the shares' official onchain ownership register.
Crypto Groups Seek to Strike Down Illinois’ 0.2% Tax
The levy would tax asset value rather than gains, with covered brokers required to collect it from Illinois customers.